Rugby league legend Billy Slater believes there's little more the NRL can do to educate its players amid yet another off-season of scandal, arguing education "is a parent job, not an NRL job".
An NRL independent commission will this week decide if St George Illawarra's Jack de Belin will be made available to start the 2019 season after he was charged with the sexual assault of a 19-year-old.
Jack de Belin has been stood down from the Charity Shield squad "in the interest of player welfare".
De Belin's case is one of several alleged instances of unacceptable off-season player behaviour including a sexual assault allegation against Jarryd Hayne, an assault charge against Dylan Walker, Ben Barba's lifetime NRL ban and leaked lewd videos of Dylan Napa.
Slater admitted the game needed to address "respect issues" but didn't think the NRL could do much more to effect change.
"I don't know if the NRL can do any more than what they're doing in terms of education and the policies they put in place," Slater told Macquarie Sports Radio.
"I was educated when I was a kid; this is a parent job, not an NRL job.
"The NRL does a great job to reinforce that information.
"When you grow up, you get values and respect instilled in you and that's where it all comes from."
Slater's comments come amid reports the NRL will offer salary cap relief to clubs if they are forced to stand down players facing criminal charges.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/that-s...behaviour-begins-at-home-20190226-p510dk.html
Lol this is very funny
So slater says education starts at home and is a parents job not the nrl
Well this is coming from a salary cap cheat
Man how the media allow him to write such dribble to be is beyond me.